Archives for July 2013
Sound Physicians to pay $14.5 million in overbilling lawsuit05 Jul 2013
A Tacoma company that provides doctors to some 70 hospitals in 22 states has agreed to pay $14.5 million to... Continue Reading
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July 05, 2013-Doctors working in fast-food restaurants05 Jul 2013
Friday July 5, 2013 Home | Subscribe Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories Sound Physicians to pay $14.5 million in overbilling... Continue Reading
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Florida Attorneys Challenge Medical Malpractice Law02 Jul 2013
Florida trial attorneys filed five lawsuits against health-care providers challenging a state law that imposes new restrictions on medical malpractice... Continue Reading
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Methodist Hospital promises Park Slope ‘design’ for its controversial expansion – but neighbors aren’t buying it02 Jul 2013
The controversial New York Methodist Hospital expansion will require special permission from a city panel to change the character of... Continue Reading
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Inova renames Medicaid insurance plan02 Jul 2013
Inova Health System has renamed the Medicaid contracting business it acquired in 2012, changing AmeriGroup Virginia LLC to INTotal Health.... Continue Reading
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DHEC asks justices to settle health care regulation question02 Jul 2013
If no one enforces a law, do you have to follow it? That’s the question that will likely be before... Continue Reading
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Missing thumb drive begets HIPAA breach02 Jul 2013
The protected health information of more than 2,000 patients has been compromised after a computer chip at a Lincoln, Neb.-based... Continue Reading
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Health care information technology blossoms in Kansas City02 Jul 2013
A slip of paper at the nurses’ station indicated a certain medication dose was due for a patient. Dallas Fulton... Continue Reading
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A big Medicaid gap looms in Obama health care law02 Jul 2013
Nearly 2 in 3 uninsured low-income people who would qualify for subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law... Continue Reading
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New York Downtown Hospital mergers with NewYork-Presbyterian02 Jul 2013
New York Downtown Hospital has merged with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian says the 180-bed community hospital will be called NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan... Continue Reading
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